If you attended the open house held by the City of Arvada and the Apex Park & Recreation District at Fitzmorris on the 26th, you and about 140 other people have already had an opportunity to fill out survey forms and talk with those who will actually be designing the pool and recreational facility at the Fitzmorris park and school. But what if you weren’t able to attend, or if you are still thinking about what features you’d like to see included in the design? Or, if you have neighbors with their own ideas about what the needs at Fitzmorris are? Or, if you have even more thoughts about the merits of the five other recreational facilities being planned across Arvada as a part of the same bond renewal proposal in May?

It’s not too late to provide input, but it’s a good idea to act promptly – by Monday if you can – as the two public agencies are now tabulating their survey results. Here’s a picture of a sample completed Fitzmorris survey form:

Sample completed form

Sample Fitz park, pool, rec center comment card

But your own thoughts might be much different than this respondent’s. So, if you want to have your own thoughts considered, here is a link to a Fitzmorris Center survey form that you can fill out online.

Or, if you have a friend or relative who is not internet connected, here is a link to a PDF file that you can print out and mail to either public agency – or just carry it down to City Hall and leave it at the at the City Manager’s desk on the third floor.

Or, you can wait till Monday and just call and ask to talk with Ms Washburn. Her number is 720-898-7391.

But are more ways to provide recreation input in the coming month. Apex also has an online survey for all six of its proposed recreational projects scattered across the city. But you probably won’t want to comment on those until you’ve at least looked at their concept plans. You can see a complete list of the proposed Apex projects, with lots of illustrations, by clicking on this link:

We’re not done. There are still more ways to let the City and Apex know about what you’d like to see in these facilities. On February 8th, the Apex Board of Directors will be making a presentation to the Arvada City Council at an evening workshop in the Council Chambers at Arvada City Hall. These kinds of workshops usually start at 6:00 pm, and normally do not include an opportunity for public input, but you can be sure the Council members will be interested in hearing your thoughts on Apex’s presentation, either before or afterward. You can contact any City Council member by using the contact information found on the second page of any recent Arvada Report mailed to City residents.

And there is even more opportunity for input. On February 18th, the full Apex Board of Directors will meet to decide on the language that goes on the May ballot. That’s important because it could be very definitive about what kind of features these facilities will have. Also, the Apex board will be allowing public comment on what the actual bond language should look like at that meeting. This meeting hasn’t been formally announced yet, but normally Apex meetings are held in the Randal Room of the Apex Center at 13150 W 72nd Avenue at 6:30 pm.

WHERE TO FIND OUT MORE
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Why Are We Here?

There are no secrets here. The idea for a Citizens for a Livable Ralston Community
neighborhood association started with a suggestion by Arvada City Councilor Shelley
Cook to two local residents, T.O. Owens and John Kiljan. We were two of a number of
local residents who thought that the City was moving too fast on its redevelopment plans
for the North Jeffco Community Park. Ms Cook's suggestion was that local community
members would have more say in influencing public policy of we could organize, even if
it were just a loose organization.
Starting up any neighborhood association is a lot of work. If you don't believe that,
volunteer with us to distribute organizational fliers on a windy day, or write a few articles
or news reports on items of neighborhood community interest -- not to mention the effort
in setting up and maintaining a website.
We did not want to make that kind of effort if it were only to provide feedback on the
park. Other community issues are on the horizon including the reconstruction of Ralston
Road from Olde Town to Kipling and the integration of AURA's plans for the renewal of
the Triangle shopping district. After some discussion, we decided to make the attempt
only if the association were designed to cover broader community-development issues.
The suggestion for the name, Citizens for a Livable Ralston Community, came from RTD
board member, Lorraine Anderson.